Medical XpressA new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut has found that most students adjust to drinking plain milk after flavored milk is removed from school lunch menus. Flavored milk served in the National School Lunch Program contains up to 10 grams of added sugar per serving, which is 40 percent of a child's daily allowance of added sugar. Given the nation's key public health target of limiting added sugars in children's diets, flavored milk has come under scrutiny in the context of school nutrition.READ MORE

ASHAJoin ASHA and presenter Mary Koslap-Petraco for this webinar on Wednesday, July 26 at 3pm ET to learn how to effectively communicate the benefits of HPV immunization. Click here for a full session description. We have limited seats, please register today and be sure to show up early prior to the webinar to ensure your spot. Continuing education credits for CHES/MCHES and CNE for Nurses are being reviewed and will be updated when available. ASHA members get free continuing education hours, non-members will have the opportunity to purchase hours after the webinar.READ MORE

ASHAJoin ASHA and presenter Rhonda Hertwig for this webinar on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 3 pm ET to review what constitutes human trafficking, understand the trauma/stress impact specific to children of human trafficking, review two legislative and policy initiatives adopting Trauma Informed Care Framework, and how school health professionals and faculty can help identify and prevent students at-risk to human trafficking. Click here and scroll down for a full session description. Continuing education credits for CHES/MCHES and CNE for Nurses are being reviewed and will be updated when available. ASHA members get free continuing education hours, nonmembers will have the opportunity to purchase hours after the webinar. Register today.READ MORE

MindShiftAs a new parent, Jack Gilbert got a lot of different advice on how to properly look after his child: when to give him antibiotics or how often he should sterilize his pacifier, for example. After the birth of his second child, Gilbert, a scientist who studies microbial ecosystems at the University of Chicago, decided to find out what's actually known about the risks involved when modern-day children come in contact with germs.READ MORE

WUNCThe number of teen athletes who have knee surgery to reconstruct a torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is on the rise, and girls have seen the sharpest increase. Researchers from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill say the results are concerning and point to the need for better injury prevention among high school and youth athletic teams. The research comes from a collaboration between the UNC School of Medicine, the UNC Gillings School of Public Health and the Injury Prevention Research Center. Researchers analyzed insurance claims of nearly 150 million Americans to study how many were having ACL reconstruction surgery. READ MORE

UPIWhen it comes to vitamin supplements, more is not always better, according to a new study that found even high doses of vitamin D don't protect children from colds in the winter. "We may have just busted a myth," said study leader Dr. Jonathon Maguire. "Our findings do not support the routine use of high-dose vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of wintertime upper respiratory tract infections among healthy children," added Maguire. He is a pediatrician at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.READ MORE

University of Adelaide via Science DailyFewer Australian teenagers are drinking alcohol but more needs to be done to curb the drinking habits of Aussie students, based on the findings of the latest study. More than 2800 Australian students aged 12-17 took part in a survey of drinking behaviour, conducted by researchers from the University of Adelaide's School of Psychology and the Population Health group at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.READ MORE

UPIA new study by researchers in Seattle has found adolescents with chronic or severe depression are at a higher risk of developing a cannabis-use problem at 18. Cannabis and alcohol are the two most commonly used substances among youth in the United States, and cannabis has surpassed tobacco in the past decade in prevalence among youth. Researchers from the University of Washington Health Sciences and University of Washington Medicine interviewed 521 students age 12 to 15 from four public middle schools in Seattle about depression and cannabis use. The students were re-interviewed when they turned 18.READ MORE

Medical News TodaySocial and emotional learning programs for youth not only immediately improve mental health, social skills and learning outcomes but also continue to benefit children years later, according to new research from UBC, University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University. "Social-emotional learning programs teach the skills that children need to succeed and thrive in life," said Eva Oberle, an assistant professor at UBC's Human Early Learning Partnership in the school of population and public health. "We know these programs have an immediate positive effect so this study wanted to assess whether the skills stuck with students over time, making social-emotional learning programs a worthwhile investment of time and financial resources in schools."READ MORE

HealthDay News via Sioux City JournalThe late teens are a key time for bone growth, even after young people reach their full height. A new study included more than 2,000 youngsters who had annual bone and growth measurements for up to seven years as they moved into their late teens and early adulthood. The findings highlight the importance of a healthy diet and physical activity during the late teen years, according to authors of the study published recently in JAMA Pediatrics.READ MORE

ReutersRefugee kids may fare better in their new country when they have support from a variety of people at home, in school and in their community, a small Australian study suggests. Researchers followed 43 new arrivals for two to three years and found that kids with at least four so-called protective factors, like a two-parent household, financial security and proximity to their own ethnic community, had better social and emotional wellbeing than refugee children with less support. Previous research has found refugee children can be highly resilient and adjust well to their new homes, the authors note in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. READ MORE